| Pettifords Creek | See Pettivers Creek. |
| Pettigrew State Park | E Washington and W Tyrrell Counties 9 mi. S of Creswell. Contains 16,828 acres, including 16,600-acre Lake Phelps. Est. 1939. Scenic, recreational, historical attraction; fishing. Somerset Place State Historic Site House, antebellum plantation, adjacent to park. See also Somerset. |
| Pettivers Bay | at the mouth of Pettivers Creek in White Oak River, W Carteret County. Also known as Hampton Bay. |
| Pettivers Creek | rises in W Carteret County and flows SW approx. 8 mi. into White Oak River. Named for John Pettiver, who owned land in the vicinity as early as 1728. Sometimes also called Pettifords Creek. |
| Petty Gulf Creek | rises in E Anson County and flows S into Blewett Falls Lake. |
| Petty Point | peninsula extending from NE Pamlico County into Bay River. |
| Pettys Shore | community in E Hertford County on Chowan River at the site of an earlier Indian village. A large fishery once was operated there. |
| Pfafftown | community in W Forsyth County. Named for Peter Pfaff, who arrived in the Wachovia settlement in 1771. |
| Pharisee Swamp | rises in SE Sampson County and flows NE into Bulltail Swamp. |
| Pheasant Creek | in the tidal-marsh islands of Bear Banks, SE Onslow County. Named for the pheasants formerly found there. Known also as Nicks Creek for Nick Moore. |